1. An aggressive vertebral hemangioma in pregnancy: a case report.
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Slimani, Ouafae, Jayi, Sofia, Alaoui, Fatimazahra Fdili, Bouguern, Hakima, Chaara, Hekmat, Fikri, Ghizlane, Rachidi, Siham Alaoui, Houssaini, Nadia Sqalli, Himmich, Mariam, and Melhouf, Moulay Abdelilah
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HEMANGIOMAS ,KASABACH-Merritt syndrome ,PREGNANCY complications ,MAGNETIC resonance imaging ,LEG abnormalities - Abstract
Introduction Pregnancy-related compressive myelopathy secondary to vertebral hemangioma is a rare occurrence and its treatment antepartum is rare. Case presentation A 19-year-old North African woman in her 38th week of pregnancy presented with paraplegia that progressed within 2 days after a rapidly progressive weakness of her lower limbs. Magnetic resonance imaging studies showed compression of her spinal cord in front of the fourth thoracic vertebra for suspected tuberculous spondylitis. A Caesarean section was done followed by corpectomy with a bone graft because we intraoperatively discovered a vertebral hemangioma. Pathology showed an aggressive hemangioma. Conclusion At any term of pregnancy, extensive neurological involvement which is rapidly progressive due to compression should be considered for immediate decompression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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